Improvement in culinary vessels



r E. RIPLEY.

Culinary Vessel Patented; Ja'h. 5, I864.

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Witnesses Fig. 2 a plan, and Figs. 3 and 4 views of parts,

.be, in addition to the pouringiu spaces each UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFICEa EZRA RIPLEY, OF TROY, NEW YORK.

lit/lPROVEMEN'IT IN. CULINARY VESSELS Specification Forming part of Letters Patent No. 41,095, datul January 5, 1864.

To all whom it may concern.- a i Be it known that I, EZRA RlPLEY,( f the 1 city of Troy, in the county of Rensselaer-and S ate of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement. in Culinary Vessels, of which the following is atuil and exact description,-reference being had to the annexed drawings, inWhich-- Figure 1 is a central sectional elevation,

of aculinary vessel having my said invention embodied therein. Figs. 5, 6, 7, and 8 are central sectional elevations; and Figs. 9, 10,1], and 12 top views of four other foruis of culinary vessels, each embodying my said improvement, like parts being marked by the same letters in all thejfigures.

This invention consists in providing such culinary vessels as have an opening, A, in the part, B, at one side to pour out of, with a lifting-handle, (J, extended from that side of the vessel which is oppositei'o the pouringout place, over the middle portion of the vessel, but not across, from side to side thereof, so that the vessel can hang level and be lifted and carried about by letting the said handle simply rest or hang in the hand of the person using the vessel, the same as an ordinary 1 kettle can hang level and be lifted and carried about by its bail simply resting or hanging in the hand of the user, and so that there shall i l top to pour into, and a spout, lip, or suitable I side of the lifting-handle, an unobstructed pouring in space, D, between the free end of the handle and the opposite side of the rim of the vessel, thus making the vessel much more convenient to pour into and fillup when held hanging in the hand than if the vessel had a bail, like a common kettle,'which advantage 2 is of considerable practical. importance, especially in culinary vessels like tearkettles; Figs. (5 and 10 having a comparatively small top opening, A, to pour into, and so that the lifting-handle 0 shall be opposite to and extend toward the spout, lip, or pouring-edge B, ito make the vessel the most convenient tow i i i I i i pour out of when held up byits handle, without in any way obstrusting the spout, lip, or pouringout place, or even requiring the latter to be covered over; whereas, if -the vessel had a bail extended across from side to side toward the pouringout place, then the spout,

lip, or pouring-edge would be obstructed one end of the ball or its holding-lug,

y or would require to be bridged or covered over to furnish a holder for the end of the bail.

I thus secure by my said improvement the advantage of greater convenience and ease in lifting and carrying about which a culinary vessel with a bail has over one with a handle extended in either a vertical, horizontal, inclined, or curved direction outward, and also the advantage over-a vessel with a' hail of having at all times an unobstructed pouringin space, D, and also just as large, tree, and open or uncovered a pouring-outplace, B, as shall be desirable, all right opposite to or in linewvith the lifting-handle when in use.

I construct my improved culinary vessel in any of the known forms, and either with or without a horizontally-swinging cover, E, and secure the lifting-handle to the body of the vessel by any of the various devices shown in the annexed. drawings, or by other suitable means, in some cases fixing the handle rigidly in ,its standing. position, and in others. so that it can be turned dowutoward or against the .rim of the vessel, an example of the latter mode being shown by Figs. 8 and 12.

What I claim as new and of my invention,

and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- A culinary vessel having an opening, A, in its top to pour into, a spout, lip, or pouringout place, B, at one side, and on the opposite side a lifting-handle, 0, extended over the middle portion of the vessel, but not. across from side to side thereof, substantiall'y'as herein described.

' EZRA RIPLEY.

Witnesses:

N. S. VEDDER, AUSTIN F. PARK. 

